Routing protocols for multi-hop wireless networks [articol]

Abstract

In this paper, we perform a simulation and performance study on some routing protocols for ad hoc networks. Distributed Bellman-Ford, a traditional tabledriven routing algorithm, is simulated to evaluate its performance in multi-hop wireless networks. In addition, an on-demand routing protocol (Dynamic Source Routing (DSR)) with distinctive route selection algorithm is simulated in a common environment to quantitatively measure and contrast their performance. The final selection of an appropriate protocol will depend on a variety of factors, which are discussed in this paper.